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the dryer broadside on ; if passed through lengthwise, the drying is not 

 uniform. 



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the tunnel. This, however, though certainly the ideal method, is but 

 rarely possible. 



Before commencing the stacking of a truck, the boards should be 

 sorted into lengths. The shorter boards 

 can often be paired to make a full 

 width, the longer boards are stacked on 

 these, and those of medium length are 

 ranged above. One side of the load is 

 made vertically even to fit closely to 

 the side of the dryer. 



If the boards are taken at random, 

 the result is somewhat like this : 



This means the warping and split- 

 ting of the exposed ends. As it is 



admitted that the ideal is not possible, and that there will be a space on 

 each load at one side, it should be arranged that these spaces do not 

 follow one another. The loads can be stacked dressing alternately to 

 the right and to the left. 



By this means a straight blow through the dryer is avoided. 



The piling sticks must be placed exactly one above the other. More 

 care is required in stacking when seasoning artificially, than for natural 

 ^ir drying. The end sticks must be right up to the end of the board. 



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